Keisuke Saitoh and Thomas Braithwaite will square off in the qualifications of the Brisbane 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on SHOW COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thomas Braithwaite who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thomas Braithwaite is the pick to win this match.
Thomas Braithwaite -> 1.86
Keisuke Saitoh -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Keisuke Saitoh vs. Thomas Braithwaite

There is no head to head record between Keisuke Saitoh and Thomas Braithwaite since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Keisuke Saitoh

Ranked no. 601, Keisuke got to the qualifications after defeating Ty Host 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Host (6-2 6-4). During the match, Saitoh scored 58 points vs Host’s 40. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Saitoh fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Keisuke Saitoh was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Host 4 times.

Saitoh has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (136-104). 1-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Saitoh has a compiled106-78 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Saitoh has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brisbane 2 Challenger

Keisuke has never competed in this tournament before.

Thomas Braithwaite

Ranked no. 886, the Australian got to the qualifications after beating Colin Sinclair 1-6 6-3 7-6(9).

In the qualifications against Sinclair, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-6⁹).During the match Braithwaite scored less points (5) than Sinclair. In fact, the world no. 601 won 97 points vs Sinclair’s. That means that Braithwaite was more focused during the important points. Thomas was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Braithwaite bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thomas Braithwaite lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Braithwaite put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (45/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Sinclair twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Braithwaite has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Saitoh	Braithwaite
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	29
Pts	58-40	97-102
Total Points	98	199
Winners	26	45
%Winners	45%	46%

Both Saitoh and Braithwaite played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Thomas Braithwaite surrendered 1 set while Keisuke Saitoh hasn’t dropped a set so far. Saitoh has played 1 set(s) less than Braithwaite (2 vs 3). Therefore, Saitoh played 11 games less than Braithwaite. Saitoh scored 26 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Thomas managed to score 45 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Saitoh	Braithwaite
Aces	2	9
Avg per match	2	9
1st in	35/46	65/100
%1st in	76%	65%
1st pts	26/35	45/65
%1st pts	74%	69%
2nd pts	8/11	18/35
%2nd pts	73%	51%

Saitoh struck 2 aces . Braithwaite managed to score 9 aces . Saitoh won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Braithwaite won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Saitoh	Braithwaite
Won	4	2
Converted	4/4	2/7
% Converted	100%	29%
Conceded	2	8
Saved	1	5
% Saved	50%	63%
Times Broken	1	3

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Braithwaite conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Saitoh
	Q1 Host	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	58-40	58-40
Total points	98	98
Winners	26	26
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	35/46	35/46
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	26/35	26/35
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	8/11	8/11
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Braithwaite
	Q1 Sinclair	Total
Score	1-6 6-3 7-69
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	97-102	97-102
Total points	199	199
Winners	45	45
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	65/100	65/100
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	45/65	45/65
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	18/35	18/35
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

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